Glogster EDU - 21st century multimedia tool for educators, teachers and students. The Flipped Class Blog. There Is No Such Thing as THE Flipped Class. The term "Flipped Classroom" is being thrown around a lot lately in both positive and negative light.
I think the term is a bit ambiguous and does not fully do justice to all that is being done under the guise of the Flipped Classroom. My colleague, Jon Bergmann, and I have a book coming out soon that I hope brings clarity to what most of us mean by "The Flipped Classroom. " In the mean time, I hope to shed some light on some of the confusion, critique, and hype. 1. What's in a name? A few years passed, our model morphed from content delivery via video, to a flex-paced mastery system and the name shifted to Reverse Instruction. Another year passed and we began to include elements of UDL and inquiry in our model. And then the "Flip" word was used. Camtasia screen recorder from TechSmith.
5 Best Practices for FC. Ok, I'll be honest.
I get very nervous when I hear education reformists and politicians tout how "incredible" the flipped-classroom model, or how it will "solve" many of the problems of education. It doesn't solve anything. It is a great first step in reframing the role of the teacher in the classroom. It fosters the "guide on the side" mentality and role, rather than that of the "sage of the stage. " It helps move a classroom culture towards student construction of knowledge rather than the teacher having to tell the knowledge to students. It also creates the opportunity for differentiated roles to meet the needs of students through a variety of instructional activities. 1) Need to Know How are you creating a need to know the content that is recorded?
2) Engaging Models. Flipped Textbook. The Electric Educator: Flip your classroom through reverse instruction — Our School.ca. The Flipped Classroom Model: A Full Picture « User Generated Education. Flipped Classroom. How flipping works for you Save time; stop repeating yourself Record re-usable video lessons, so you don't have to do it again next year.
It's easy to make minor updates to perfect lessons over time once the initial recording is done. Let students take control of their learning Not all students learn at the same pace. Spend more time with students Build stronger student-teacher relationships, and promote higher level thinking. Other teachers are doing it, you can too Stacey Roshan found that the traditional classroom model wasn't cutting it for her AP students, so she flipped her class. Watch Stacey's Story Crystal Kirch started using videos as instructional tools in her class but soon realized the real value of flipping lectures was being able to spend more face-to-face time with students. Read Crystal's Story Tools You Can Use. The Flipped Class: Show Me the Data! (Ed.
Note: If you are unfamiliar with the "flipped class," check out the links below this post, or read Stacey Roshan's first post about this controversial topic, "Private School Math Teacher Flips Learning. " as an introduction - this is essentially Part 2 of Roshan's journey) "As a teacher, I hate to use only data.As a math teacher, I similarly dislike to suggest any cause-effect relationships. But everyone is interested in data, so here it is. " -private school teacher Stacey Roshan Changing the Class Experience by Stacey RoshanBullis School A whole academic year of AP Calculus and not one day did students have to sit through a traditional lecture. My initial goal, which was to create a less anxiety-ridden learning environment was most definitely accomplished. "Ultimately, in teaching, there is no one size fits all.
I will start with the data, comparing last year to this year. And then comes the all-important AP Exam results: AcademicYear 5 4 3 2 1 Average Score And so far, so good . . . Flipped Classroom Infographic #flippedclassroom #blendedlearning #edtech. Teacher Vodcasting and Flipped Classroom Network - A professional learning community for teachers using vodcasting in the classroom. Flipping History. By Stefan When most people think of the flipped classroom model or reverse instruction, which ever term you like best, they automatically think videos, screencasts, and when you get down to it lecture based instruction.But that doesn’t have to be the case.
In fact every time I have helped a teacher flip their classroom in the high school it has never involved videos. Instead it involves students actively finding information, making sense of it, and then coming to class ready to discuss with the teacher what they have learned, what questions they have and, what it is they still don’t know/understand. Currently I am working with a history teacher who came to me with some “really dry historical content” that he needed to cover in his 11th grade Thailand and Southeast Asia history class. We discussed some options and settling on following a similar set-up that I used in a English classroom last year. 21st Century Learning Tools : Flipped Class Conference 2011. Teachingwithted / Flipping the Classroom. Educational Vodcasting - Flipping the Classroom.